Stop Pitching and Start Proving Your Worth with Park Howell

Park Howell, the world's most industrious storyteller, joins Ryan to break down why most brand stories fall flat—and the simple framework that fixes it. From making the pronoun shift from "me" to "you" to walking Ryan through a live ABT exercise on the podcast itself, Park shows exactly how to stop pitching and start proving your worth to the right audience. Key Takeaways Your story isn't about what you make—it's about what you make happen in your audience's life The And, But, Therefore (ABT) framework is the DNA of every story that actually lands Niching down works like a tractor beam—when you get specific, the right clients get pulled in Copy your homepage into ChatGPT and ask it to rewrite using Park's ABT framework for an instant shift About Park Howell Park Howell is known as The World's Most Industrious Storyteller having grown purpose-driven brands by as much as 600 percent. He is an EMMY Award-Winning, 40+ year veteran of the advertising industry and hosts the popular weekly Business of Story podcast, authored Brand Bewitchery, and co-authored The Narrative Gym for Business. Park recently launched the StoryCycle Genie™ to help business leaders craft a lucrative brand story strategy in minutes, not months. He is sought after internationally to help executives excel through the stories they tell. In This Episode [00:00] Welcome to the show! [05:34] Meet Park Howell [07:22] Story [11:16] Hero of the Story [14:06] Story Cycle System [16:02] And, But, Therefore... [25:32] Niching Down [32:04] Connect with Park [33:06] Outro Quotes "Your story is not about what you make, but what you make happen in people's lives." — Park Howell "You are not the center of your story. Your audience is." — Park Howell "We are all intuitive storytellers, but we really need to be intentional storytellers using frameworks that we know that work." — Park Howell "When you niche down to be that very specific supplier for a very specific audience, you're going to get other business outside of that niche, but it becomes like a tractor beam that sucks them into the Life Star." — Park Howell "Artificial intelligence is the worst brand name ever. If you really know how to use it and collaborate with it, it becomes artful intelligence that actually augments your intelligence." — Park Howell Guest Links Follow Park Howell on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn Get your brand story strategy using StoryCycle Genie™ Links Find out more about the Studio Sherpas Mastermind Join the Grow Your Video Business Facebook Group Follow Ryan Koral on Instagram Follow Grow Your Video Business on Instagram Join the Studio Sherpas newsletter

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Stop Pitching and Start Proving Your Worth with Park Howell is an episode from Studio Sherpas by Ryan Koral.

This episode is 34:02 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2026.

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